While Washington's decision on Friday 18 October to impose tariff sanctions on the 6.7 billion euros worth of imports of European products, authorised by the WTO in the dispute against the European aircraft manufacturer Airbus, took no one by surprise, the reactions on the European side are bitter (see EUROPE B12350A17, B12348A7, B12346A11).
"We regret the choice of the U.S. to move ahead with tariffs" (of 10% on aircraft and 25% on the rest), said Cecilia Malmström, European Commissioner...